Fresno State F3 Spring Symposium

On Friday, April 4, 2025, Fresno State hosted a Spring R&D Symposium, spotlighting student researchers and their innovative projects funded through the F3 Initiative. Held at the Jordan Agricultural Research Center, the event brought together faculty, students, and F3 partners to showcase how Fresno State’s next generation of ag leaders are advancing climate-smart technologies and applied research in agriculture.

See below for the list of presentations and their corresponding student researchers:

• Andre Guimaraes: “Methods to determine AWC and soil particle size analyses” Faculty PI: Dr. Zhi (Luke) Wang (CSM) 
  

• Morelia Vieyra Santana: “Farm-Level Cost Management for Citrus Production: 

  An Accounting Management Approach”  Faculty PI: Dr. Pei Xu (JCAST) 
  

• Danya Sumrein: “Bioassay guided natural product isolation of a new coumarin compound in ethyl acetate extract Erigeron canadensis” Faculty PI: Dr. Qiao-Hong Chen (CSM) 

• Alina Xiong and Kased Khalil: “Insight into the phylogenetic traits of wild algae and profiling of the energy-storing molecules in the biomass” Faculty PI: Dr. Kalyani Maitra (CSM) 
  

• Jesse Anastacio: “Improving Irrigation Efficiency by Proximal Sensing Technologies in San Joaquin Valley Winegrape Vineyards” Faculty PI: Dr. Cliff Yu (JCAST) 
  

• Eric Rivera: “Reliability of Static Random Access Memory Bit Cells at Varying Temperatures” Faculty PI: Dr. Hayssam El-Razouk (LCOE) 
  

• Alejandra Garcia & Triston Xiong: “Precision Citrus Harvesting System” Faculty PI: Dr. Beth Weinman (CSM) 
  

• Abbas Dadawalla: “Chemical Characterization and Purification of Central Valley Plant Extracts for Prostate Cancer Treatment” Faculty PI: Dr. Qiao-Hong Chen (CSM) 
  

• Brendan Chinnock & Caleb Bahne: “Automation of Citrus Harvesting System for Controlled Stem Length” Faculty PI: Dr. Alaeddin Bani Milhim (LCOE) 
  

• Brian Kurzeja, Samuel Christopherson, Laura Mas Serra, Praise Okoli, Janaki Panneerselvam, “Sunlit-leaf Segmentation Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Supporting Crop Water Stress Index Measurements” Faculty PI: Dr. Athanasios Aris Panagopoulos (CSM) 

A big thanks to Fresno State for hosting this event and to the student researchers who presented their work. Events like this underscore the power of collaboration between academia and the ag industry to address challenges and drive progress.

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